Bitdefender Antivirus Free Edition Review:

There are different categories of free antivirus software
available from various vendors which you can download from the internet and
install in your system. But not all are as efficient in detecting malicious
programs like Bitdefender Antivirus Free
Edition. The program is the only security solution which is
compatible with latest versions of Windows operating systems such as Windows 8
and Windows 10, making it a great choice for enterprise as well as home based
customers.

Bitdefender Antivirus Free Edition is designed in such a way
that it can detect all the cyber-threats and viruses instantly without using
much of your CPU and memory resources. The software has been designed with
artificial intelligence to detect all kinds of malicious software instantly and
protect your system from attack by hackers. Some of the features of this
software include.

Intrusion Detection
System:

This is an important feature for any antivirus software which involves
scanning all the incoming traffic from the outside world and outgoing traffic
from your network. It will monitor the traffic for any violations of security
policies and will alert you in case of any suspicious activity. It will also
try to detect any malware applications within your enterprise network which try
to access internet and download harmful stuff to your systems. Bitdefender
Antivirus comes with a network based IDS which will constantly log the entire
incoming network traffic and alert the users in case of any suspicious
activity.

Automatic Scans:

It can scan for viruses automatically which saves lot of
time and resources for you. You can also schedule periodic scans based on your
requirements.

HTTP Scanning to
block malicious web traffic:

Browsers use HTTP protocol for surfing through various
websites. But HTTP is not secure by default and hence HTTP traffic is
vulnerable to phishing attacks and data theft by hackers who promiscuously
monitor your web traffic and steal confidential data. Bitdefender Antivirus has
in-built HTTP scanner which can safeguard your machine from such phishing
attacks. It will block any unsafe traffic coming from the outside world. Even
if you click any malicious web links, it will block such traffic by using it’s
artificial intelligence.

Active Virus Control:

It is an advanced feature which enables Bitdefender
Antivirus to detect possible threats and virus attacks in proactive manner. It
automatically updates the database with latest virus signatures and keeps
continuously scanning your system for new virus threats. If any threat is
detect, automatically the virus will be quarantined and deleted.

Real-time Protection:

It is an important feature which enabled the real-time
defense of your system from malicious programs and also preventing the spread
of viruses from infected files without your PC.

Intelligent Detection
of Rootkits:

Rootkits are dangerous software which gets activated
automatically when your system boots up. Also they can operate in stealth mode
which makes it difficult for Antivirus software to detect them. But Bitdefender
Antivirus Free Edition has in-built intelligence to detect root kits and
prevents them from getting activated. The Antivirus uses certain advanced
techniques such as memory dump analysis and signature scanning to detect such
rootkits and removing them in safe manner.

Uninterrupted Gaming:

When you are busy gaming, you don’t want your system
resources to get hogged by antivirus software. Bitdefender Antivirus Free
Edition has in-built intelligence that will automatically pause the system scan
when you are gaming and will resume only after you quit from the Gaming
Application.

B-Have:

This cool feature will sense unknown threats by analyzing
the behavior of applications in a safe environment. If it does not detect any
malicious activity, it will start the application in normal mode, or else it
will quarantine the application and delete it.

Bitdefender requires a minimum operating system version of
Windows XP, Windows 7 or Windows 8 to be installed in your system. Also it
requires 512 MB of RAM and 700 MB of free hard disk space. You can download it
for free from the Bitdefender website. It is very efficient in detecting the
viruses and in our experience is better than competitor products such as Avira,
Avast and AVG. Also this is the only free antivirus software which does not
display ads.